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Table 3 Knowledge and attitudes regarding data collection

From: Perceived barriers to computerised quality documentation during anaesthesia: a survey of anaesthesia staff

Topics, Survey Questions (Italics)

Answer choices

Physicians

Nurses

Total

Significance

(N = 24)

(N = 28)

(N = 55)

χ2-test

Relevance of data for patient safety: “In your opinion, how relevant is the collection of these data for patient safety?”

“relevant”

8 (33%)*

19 (68%)

28 (51%)

0.032

“I don’t know”

6 (25%)

5 (18%)

12 (22%)

“irrelevant”

10 (42%)

4 (14%)

15 (27%)

Total respondents:

24

28

55

Potential of data to improve anaesthesia quality: “In your opinion, do these data generally allow for an improvement of anaesthesia quality?”

“yes”

4 (17%)

13 (46%)

18 (33%)

0.002

“I don’t know”

2 (08%)

8 (29%)

11 (20%)

“no”

18 (75%)

7 (25%)

26 (47%)

Total respondents

24

28

55

Concern of easier prosecution because of the reported event data: “Do you have concerns of being prosecuted more easily based on the reported intraoperative event data in case of liability?”

“yes”

2 (08%)

7 (25%)

9 (16%)

n/a

“I don’t know”

4 (17%)

6 (21%)

11 (20%)

“no”

18 (75%)

15 (54%)

35 (64%)

Total respondents

24

28

55

Trust in data anonymisation: “Do you trust anonymisation of the quality data?”

“yes”

9 (38%)

18 (64%)

29 (53%)

0.156*

“I don’t know”

12 (50%)

8 (29%)

21 (38%)

“no”

3 (13%)

2 (07%)

5 (09%)

Total respondents

24

28

55

  1. (%) indicate column percentages related to total respondents of the respective group to this question. Note: Results of three respondents who did not indicate their profession were not included in the comparison of professional groups. n/a, chi-square (χ2) test “not applicable” because the requirements for sufficient accuracy were not met, see methods section. *, accuracy of chi-square statistic was borderline.